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Peponocyathus duncani

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Discotrochus duncani was named by Reuss (1871). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cylindrophyllia duncani by Chevalier (1964); it was recombined as Truncatocyathus duncani by Stolarski (1992); it was recombined as Peponocyathus duncani by Cairns (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Discotrochus duncani Reuss
1964Cylindrophyllia duncani Chevalier
1992Truncatocyathus duncani Stolarski
1997Peponocyathus duncani Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusPeponocyathusGravier 1915
speciesduncani(Reuss 1871)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Peponocyathus duncani Reuss 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Badenian or 28.40000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Netherlands Discotrochus duncani (124090 124092)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cylindrophyllia duncani (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cylindrophyllia duncani (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cylindrophyllia duncani (62899 62964)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Cylindrophyllia duncani (70313)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany Cylindrophyllia duncani (124096)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Poland Peponocyathus duncani (38818 38819)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cylindrophyllia duncani (61897 61899 61900 61905 61906 62885 62886)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Netherlands Discotrochus duncani (123948 123969 124091)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Cylindrophyllia duncani (163845)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Peponocyathus duncani (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Discotrochus duncani (123733)